Expressive Speech Acts in Thai Suicide Notes: Analysis of Online Thai Newspaper Articles (2017 – 2020)
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This study attempted to analyze the usage of expressive speech acts found in Thai suicide notes. Data was collected through 65 expressive utterances from 45 anonymous suicide notes from the period of 2017-2020 publicized and published in two Thai online newspapers: https://www.thairath.co.th and https://www.khaosod.co.th. The research finding suggests that most common content found in suicide notes was 65 expressive speech acts which can be further categorized into 8 sub-categories. These include apologizing (24.62%), despairing (21.54%), blaming (13.85%), bidding farewell (12.31%), thanking (10.76), conveying affection (10.76%), congratulating (4.62%), and heartening (1.54%). Moreover, the kinds of acts shown in this research have been associated with both good and bad feeling within the mind of the victims against the people or things around them, such as whenever they were not able to express or tell anyone their feelings or problems while living. These suicide notes may demonstrate the reasons and motivations for their death.
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ข้อความรู้ใดๆ ตลอดจนข้อคิดเห็นใดๆ เป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านโดยเฉพาะ คณะมนุษยศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยนเรศวร และกองบรรณาธิการวารสารมนุษยศาสตร์ฯ ไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นพ้องด้วย
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